AEM EMS
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Originally Posted by spectacle,Jul 29 2009, 08:05 PM
After talking to some builders/tuners I decided to go Kpro.
I ended catching a hell of a deal on clubrsx.com for a used kpro PRB ecu so that made everything a little cheaper as far as getting all the necessary parts together to make it work. The AEM is cheaper but takes a much more experienced tuner to get to the state of driveability that the Kpro seems to do that much easier. I've played around in the Kmanager and it looks very very straight forward, can't speak for the AEM software.
Another point - how many people have reported their car not having that "stock like" driveability with AEM then switched to Kpro and could instantly tell the difference. That's the selling/driving point for me. I don't want my car to drive like a weekend racer with all kinds of little quirks and funky habits (taking hella long to turnover on initial start, acting different in different climates/elevations, etc.) Can the AEM be setup to be just as "driveable" as Kpro? Certainly. But that depends on the competency of the tuner and for me, its easier to find a good Kpro tuner than AEM.
Hope that helps.
I ended catching a hell of a deal on clubrsx.com for a used kpro PRB ecu so that made everything a little cheaper as far as getting all the necessary parts together to make it work. The AEM is cheaper but takes a much more experienced tuner to get to the state of driveability that the Kpro seems to do that much easier. I've played around in the Kmanager and it looks very very straight forward, can't speak for the AEM software.
Another point - how many people have reported their car not having that "stock like" driveability with AEM then switched to Kpro and could instantly tell the difference. That's the selling/driving point for me. I don't want my car to drive like a weekend racer with all kinds of little quirks and funky habits (taking hella long to turnover on initial start, acting different in different climates/elevations, etc.) Can the AEM be setup to be just as "driveable" as Kpro? Certainly. But that depends on the competency of the tuner and for me, its easier to find a good Kpro tuner than AEM.
Hope that helps.
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it was easy for me.. for the pirce of a new AEM.. say 1150 installed plus the extra tuning just to get it running good would be almost the same amount of money of buying a k-pro.. with a k-pro i think you would save your self some tuning time.
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Originally Posted by spectacle,Jul 30 2009, 07:31 AM
You do know what forum you're posting in right?
I know we cant get any better than Mase, but hes a long drive for me when im in town, so I was lookin for a place that could atleast start the job and maybe id go to him to fine tune it out.
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Originally Posted by Kyushin,Aug 10 2009, 04:48 PM
Sooo have you gotten you KPro setup running yet, and who are you taking it to?
I know we cant get any better than Mase, but hes a long drive for me when im in town, so I was lookin for a place that could atleast start the job and maybe id go to him to fine tune it out.
I know we cant get any better than Mase, but hes a long drive for me when im in town, so I was lookin for a place that could atleast start the job and maybe id go to him to fine tune it out.
Once its in and running I'll post up and let you know what I think.
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Originally Posted by spectacle,Aug 10 2009, 06:53 PM
Not running yet. Ran into a little snag swapping out the TDC sensor on the exhaust cam that kind of brought things to a grinding halt. Kpro will be running on my car (in NA form) by the end of the week. I'll run the AP1 basemap until the car goes to Mase for the kit install and tune at (hopefully) the end of this month.
Once its in and running I'll post up and let you know what I think.
Once its in and running I'll post up and let you know what I think.
Sounds good! Do you do this all yourself or do you use any local shops?
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Started doing it myself, now the car is at one of the best Honda shops in town http://www.lhtperformance.net/
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Originally Posted by spectacle,Aug 10 2009, 09:42 PM
Started doing it myself, now the car is at one of the best Honda shops in town http://www.lhtperformance.net/
I definitely wanna see Mace for the actual hardcore tune!